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Oct. 5, 2015
Cells - AP Biology Study Guide
Reading
Textbook Chapter 4 Cell Structure & Function
Online Lectures
Bozeman – Cell Tour, Cell Organelles
Crash Course – Animal Cells, Plant Cells
Objectives
1. Understand the basic tenets of the cell theory.
2. Understand the implications of how the surface-to-volume ratio constrains cell size.
3. Contrast the general features of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
4. Be able to distinguish the organelles and structures typical of eukaryotic plant and animal cells.
5. Describe the nucleus of eukaryotes with respect to structure and function.
6. Describe the organelles associated with the endomembrane system, and tell the general function of
each.
7. Contrast the structure and function of mitochondria and chloroplasts.
8. List several surface structures of cells and tell how they help cells survive.
9. Describe the cytoskeleton of eukaryotes and distinguish it from the endomembrane system.
10. Discuss the various mechanisms that enable a cell to move.
11. Describe the structure and functions of the three types of cell junctions.
12. List the properties possessed by all living things.
Practice Questions
1. Discuss each of the following, writing a paragraph or two for each one:
a) the structure and role of the cell membrane
b) the formation of cell walls in plant cells
c) the structure and role of chloroplasts
d) the structure and role of mitochondria
2. Discuss how cellular structures, including the plasma membrane, specialized endoplasmic reticulum,
cytoskeletal elements, and mitochondria, function together in the contraction of skeletal muscle cells.
3. Membranes are important structural features of cells. Describe how membrane structure is related to the
transport of materials across a membrane.